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(Pr)Ice Gouging

The city of Mulberry, Kansas, accuses BP Energy of trying to profiteer from the recent wicked winter weather by instituting excessive price hikes for energy during the emergency.

/ March 3, 2021
A woman tries to protect her face from blowing snow while walking in white-out conditions in Jersey City, N.J., Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. A sprawling, lumbering winter storm is walloping the Eastern U.S., shutting down coronavirus vaccination sites, closing schools and halting transit. With flakes falling since Sunday evening, New York City and northern New Jersey braced for as much as 22 inches of snow, and parts of New England for a foot or more. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

GIRARD, Kan. — The city of Mulberry, Kansas, accuses BP Energy of trying to profiteer from the recent wicked winter weather by instituting excessive price hikes for energy during the emergency.

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